Gastrointestinal disorder | Treatment success |
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Dyspepsia | Improvement in dyspepsia clinical scores, such as a dyspepsia score [25, 26], the Global Overall Severity score [27] |
Peptic ulcer | • Complete healing of the ulcer as observed from endoscopy [28]; or |
• Presence of negative tests for Helicobacter pylori 4 weeks or longer after the end of therapy [29] | |
IBS | Improvement in IBS clinical scores, such as: |
• IBS-related symptom score [30] | |
• Functional Bowel Disorder Severity Index [31] | |
• IBS Severity Scoring System [32] | |
IBD - Crohn’s disease | Improvement in the Crohn's Disease Activity Index [33] |
IBD - ulcerative colitis | Improvement in the clinical scores, such as Mayo Clinic Score [34], Modified Mayo Disease Activity Index [35] |
GERD | Improvement in clinical scores, such as GERD score [36], Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Activity Index [37] |
GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; IBS, irritable bowel disease. |